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| Frozen Lemonade |
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| Cilantro Lime Chicken Wrap |
Happy Sunday! I had all four wisdom teeth extracted last Thursday, and I have been eating ready-made soup from Save on Foods for the past three days and mashed cauliflower. Moreover, I had two antibiotics and two types of painkillers.
To change things up, I looked at the menu of different restaurants near us to look for soup and mashed potatoes. Thankfully, both are available at Boston Pizza.
Husband appreciation section: I would like to thank my husband for taking care of me since after the surgery. He's been preparing my meals and making sure I have icepacks on my cheeks. Thanks, Love.
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| BP's French Onion Soup A rich beef broth made with sherry and sweet onions. Topped with house-made crostini, Gouda, provolone, pizza mozzarella, and Parmesan, then baked until the cheese is a bubbly golden brown. |
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| Garlic Mashed Potatoes A heaping helping of garlicky, fluffy carb-a-licious goodness |
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| Royal Hawaiian Pizza Sweet Thai honey garlic, Gouda, provolone, Parmesan, pizza mozzarella, red onions, smoked prosciutto, bacon, pineapple, and toasted sesame seeds. |
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| Chocolate Brownie Addiction Two warm chocolate brownies topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with our caramel and chocolate sauces. |
Our fridge is filled with more Carrot Ginger Soup and mashed cauliflower, and our pantry now includes mac and cheese and pudding. Hopefully this would be sufficient until end of work, or I'll just order mashed potatoes from Boston Pizza.
Happy Wednesday. I told my husband that this was my "Last Supper." I am having all four of my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow, and it's advised to eat soft food (soup, smoothies, and mashed vegetables) in the next 5-7 days, so we walked to Cambie Village to Save on Foods for ready-cooked soup that hubby can easily reheat with minimal movements from me.
I also get paranoid thinking, what if something happens during the minor surgery and this becomes my last meal. I totally would want to eat Japanese curry. Every time we go to a Japanese restaurant (whether they specialize in sushi or ramen), if they have curry, I will most likely order it with tonkatsu as my meat topping and, of course, with rice.
My favourite Japanese curry is from Suika, but my dinner tonight came a really close second, and that's saying a lot from their delicious meals. The only downside is Mr. Japanese Curry has such a small place that your clothes will smell like curry afterwards.
I tried to replicate the Suika meal of Beef Curry (#3 in Mr. Japanese Curry) with Tonkatsu (under toppings) and chose Level 2 heat (it's the right heat). It was almost perfect except that Suika curry had the beef shredded and so soft while with Mr. Japanese Curry it's in chunks.
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| #3 Beef Curry (Stewed Beef) with Tonkatsu |
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| #4 Mr. Curry Beef curry with sliced grilled pork and onions in a homemade garlic soy sauce, fried shrimp, a hard-boiled egg, and melted cheese |
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| Karaage Boneless fried chicken |
Hubby and I are frugal to a fault. We only do shopping for clothes, shoes, and things we need once a year (if we need something maybe twice) and today is our "shopping day". I felt so guilty for buying pajamas (because the ones I have are starting to deteriorate) and shoes, but we need it. I thank God for the many blessings that we can do this.
In between shopping, we decided to have lunch at Neptune Wonton Noodle because I am really craving for wonton noodle soup. If I am not calorie counting, I will order a second bowl.
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| Pork and Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup |
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| Two Items (Beef Balls and Fish Balls) with Noodle in Soup |
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| Soup Dumplings |
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| Chinese Donut |
Happy Saturday! It was a beautiful partly cloudy day, but the Vancouver Whitecaps FC had an away game against Montreal at 12:00 NN which they lost. We stayed home to watch the game before heading out and walking almost 5km to English Bay Beach to meet with my sister.
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| English Bay Beach |
We spent an hour on the sand and enjoying the cold breeze. It's so nice! Afterwards, we walked along Davie Street to find a place to have dinner. My sister said she hasn't tried The Junction Pub and we should go there.
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| Nachos Fresh cut corn tortilla chips, olives, jalapeños, red onion, and tomatoes with cheddar and jack cheeses. Served with salsa and sour cream |
We had a food coma dinner. For sharing, we ordered Nachos with Corn & Black Bean Medley. Hubby had The Works which has everything while I enjoyed and was impressed with their Veggie Burger.
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| Veggie Burger with Tossed Salad House made chickpea and mushroom patty |
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| The Works with Fries 7oz butcher cut burger with BBQ sauce, mushrooms, fried onions, bacon, double cheese: cheddar & mozzarella |
To end the meal, we shared a Bread Pudding.
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| Bread Pudding Topped with caramel sauce and served with vanilla ice cream |
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| View of Granville Bridge from Burrard Bridge |
We watched Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore tonight, but before the movie, we decided to grab dinner at Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle close to the cinema.
I ordered from Chef Hung for delivery in January and thought Redbeef was still better, but I thought dining it might be better to give the chain a fair chance.
Their Taiwanese sausage is still delicious, but for everything else, I'll go to Redbeef.
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| Deep-Fried Taiwanese Sausage |
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| Salt & Pepper Chicken Nuggets |
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| Taiwanese Style Deep-Fried Chicken Cutlet on Rice |
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| Deep-Fried Pork Chop on Rice |
Who is obsessed with cheesecake from Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee? We are! After enjoying our ramen at nearby Gyo Para, we enjoyed a slice of Almond Marzipan Cheesecake at the Trees Arbutus location.
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| Almond Marzipan Cheesecake |
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| Almond Marzipan Cheesecake |
I love their tables outside, and the street is definitely quieter than the West Broadway and Fir location. However, the Fir branch wins with friendlier service and cleaner bathroom.
For reference, below are some of the seasonal cheesecakes we have tried.
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| Premium Tonkotsu Ramen Rich signature pork broth with chashu, half soft-boiled egg, kikurage (cloud ear mushrooms), ginger, green onions, nori, and garlic oil |
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| Kara Miso Ramen Spicy miso flavoured broth with chashu, half soft-boiled egg, bean sprouts, and chilli oil |
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| Kara Miso Ramen with Medium Noodle Thickness |
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| Original Gyoza Homemade pan-fried pork dumplings |
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| Karaage Fried Chicken |
Today, we're celebrating our only brother's birthday by having dinner delivered at home from Pearl Castle Cafe, then watching the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (spoiler alert: they lost 3-2 against the Portland Timbers).
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| Dinner from Pearl Castle Cafe |
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| Canada Women's National Team VS Nigeria Women's National Team |
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| Section 344 BC Place |
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| Oceanwise Tuna Bowl |
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| Macaroni and Cheese |
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| House Fries |
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View from Cambie Bridge Above: Taken around 6:00 PM Bottom: Taken around 10:00 PM |
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| Grocery from Aling Mary's |
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| Okonomiyaki Homemade veggie and seafood Japanese pancake |
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| Deluxe Tempura 5 pieces prawn, 9 pieces vegetables, and 2 pieces fish skewers |
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| Golden Dragon Roll Inside: Prawn tempura, imitation crab meat, cucumber Top: Seated salmon, deep-fried yam strings, unagi sauce, and house mayo |
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| Golden Dragon Roll from Hime Sushi |
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| Mountain Views and Buildings in Downtown Vancouver taken in South Cambie |
We had errands to run around South Cambie and decided to grab lunch at Saku because there's no line.
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| Tokujgyo Rosu Katsu Deep-fried premium pork cut loin |
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| The Tokujgyo Rosu Katsu is juicy and fatty. |
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| Hire Katsu Set |
Happy Saturday! It's the second home game of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. This year, we will watch 12 of the 17 home games in BC Place, and I hope to try as much food as possible. We won! Woohoo! It's our first win of the season, and it's at home.
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| The Vancouver Whitecaps FC won against Sporting Kansas City! |
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| Foot Long Hot Dog Supreme Harvest meats, pork & beef wiener, house-made chilli, cheddar and mozzarella cheese |
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| Foot Long Hot Dog Harvest Meats and Pork & Beef Wiener |
